The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-02-03
SENATE.
SENATE.
The following committee reports were re-

| ceived
The judiciary committee reported favor
ably on the following bills:
| Amendments to chapter SO. General Statutes
Legalizing filing Of afidavits In certain cases
To facilitate bonds required to be given ny
| Admitting persons to practice pharmacy.
Providing for an additional judge for tho
| Fourth judicial district.
Relating e property sold by sheriff sunssi, iss,
| bill (only verbal ohanges) (banks and bank1ng,
The committee on towns and counties
recommended passage of house bills.
Townships in Scott county to support their
Townships In Wadena to support their own
poor.
The committee on immigration reported In
favor of the passage Of the senate bill.
To repeal tho law relating to the commissioner
of immigration.
Internal improvements committee recon-
mended the passage OF
| Goodrch's Joint memorial to ratify Red lake
| Indian treaty passed under suspension OF tne
| rules.
Education committee recommended the
passage of the bills:
| Providing for teachers certificates.
Minimum age for pupils, six years.
| BILLS PASSED.
The bills disposed Of on the third reading
were:
Mr.. Durant's relating to legal holidays
Mr.. Durant's relating to the wearing of g.
Mr. Goodrichs relating to the personal
| identity Of women passed.
Mr.. Crandall's relating to state public schools
| passed.
Mr.. Johnson's relating to sale Of land by
| guardians. passed.
| Mr.. Halvorson's relating to appeals from
| county commissioners passed.
Mr. Goodrichs relating to the legalizing of
acts Of certain officers passed
| Mr.. Dusne's relating to incorporation OF
| Lewiston. Winona county, passed.
Mr.. Emery's relating to incorporation OF
Lake City passed.
Mr. Buckman's bill to reimburse Benton
county was lost on a vote of 10 to 8. The
bill relating to hygiene. etc.. in schools was
laid over until to-day.
HOUSE.
| The special committees of the house are:
| House Re-apportionment Committee-Messrs.
| Rogers, Petit. Baker, Barker, Gregory. Jones.
| J. n. johnson. Hoppin, Kuox Sherwood Potter.
| Greeman. Low, Green and Beatty. .-15.
Soldiers Hone-Messrs. Shuler, PrOsser, Fur
| long, Flynn, Donnelly, Costello and Wilson.
Logs and Lumber-Comstock. Lum. Gregory,
| Knox and Cullen.
! Joint Committee on Agricultural College
Messrs. Williams. Green. Fathers and Plow-
man.
Buffum Morrison, Keyes, Flynn and johnson.
| Speci al Committee on Cost Of Construction Of
| Railroads..-Messrs. FurlonR. Bnffum. Champlin.
| Gregory, Mattson Sevatson and McArdle
Labor Committee-Messrs MattsOn, Lucas.
| Lee, Powers and Freeman.
| Mississippi River Committee-Messrs. Clou-
| tier, Freeman and Cullen.
| Mr. Johnson's two bills in regard to the
state agricultural society, and which were
presented to the house yesterday, change
| the present law so as to abolish honorary life
membership in the $40 degree, but admit
| them for eminent services in agricultural
works. The bills also give the board of
management power to elect the secretary
and treasurer and police authority. They
| also appropriate Y5O,OOO for the balance
| due on permanent improvements. The
total cost OF the permanent improvements
made by the society is S16S, ,622.3S. OF
this the state paid $97 ,697.25; the associa-
fairs of 1888 and 1886, leaving a balance
! due of P44 921. Is, which the society now
asks be paid by the state.
| BILLS PASSED.
| An act prescribing the time for the holding Of
| trict.
| An act authorizing the city of St. Paul to issue
| oonds to increase the sewerage fund and for
| other purposes.
An act to authorize the city of st. Paul to is
| sue bonds for extending, ETC., the water works.
| An act to authorize the city Of st. Paul to
| lssue board of education bonds
An act to appropriate money for the expenses
| OF the Mississippi river commission.
| An act to authorize the city Of St. Paul to
issue bonds for retiring old waterworks bonds.
An act authorizing each town in Meeker
! county to support its own poor.
| Az. act authorizing the village council of
Madison to use village funds for the moving and
| repairing CT the court house and jail
Al act to extend the corporate limits Of the
| city Of Ncrthfield.
! General Laws. 1881, amending an act incorpor-
ating the village of Fosson.
The report that the comfy committee
| of Polk county be authorized to issue bonds
to build bridges was accepted and the bill
| passed.
The report of the committee of railroads
recommending the passage of the T,onnelly
bill am lnding article 10 of the constitution,
and relating to the regulation of railroads,
| WAS accepted
The Senate devoted most OF the sess on
to Goodrich high license bill. Several OF
the members thought 81 900 too high, and
| it was Ia id over for a few days.
In committee of the whole the following
bills were recommended for passage:
| Abolishins the Office Of oil inspector.
| Providing for school libraries and appropriat-
| ing $4,000 annually for their maintenance.
The bill in relation to the age of consent
| was made the special order for Tuesday next
| HOUSE.
| The high license bill oi Mr.. Pr osser was
debated at length and finally lai d over un-
til next week.
Senate bills read and passed:
An act to ask congress to pay q claim Of Capt.
An act 6xing the legal status Of women.
An act to authorize town Of Wabasha to issue
| bonds
An act regulating the catching Of fish in Albert
Lea, ETC.
An act granting postal rights to the insane.
| An act relating to school districts In w sscca
| county.
The bill reported by the committee on in
sane hospital, appropriating $1O1 ,44O for
the establishment Of the third hospital for
the insane, makes the following division of
the appropriation:
For the purchase OF $40 acres Of land. $751;
44O; for tho building of two wards, $50. 600:
600.
OF the entire sum $51, ,44O is to be made
available at once; $25, 900 before July /,
1888. and $25, 600 before July /, 1889 Tine
bill was placed in the hands Of the finance
oENAfE.-The committee on education
recommended the passage OF bills appro-
priating money for school for dependent
| children and for higher education.
The finance committee recommended the
passage OF the bills fixing the salary OF the
superintendent OF public instruction, and
the appropriation OF money for third
|
The committee on railroads recommend
ed the passage Of the bill relating to the
control OF the Sioux City road by the Chi
cago, st. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha.
The agricultural committee recommended
the passage OF bills relating to the main
tenance OF farmers institutes and prohib-
iting the destruction OF aquatic game in
certain seasons.
The committee on deaf, dumb and blind
recommended the use OF the Mcdonald fire
escape on public buildings, providing the
demand OF the owners was not unreason-
able. Money for an imbecile institute was
likewise recommended.
The senate passed bill abolishing the oil
inspectorship.
HoUsE-Mr. Keys introduced a substitute
for the Prosser high license bill. 1t is ex-
actly similar to that bill, except that it
strikes out the clause giving city councils,
ETC., the power to make the license more
than $500 CIR $1,000.
/ Without any debate, and only a few
| nnOQtiv0 vnfoa oat 1l.,u